Tuesday, November 05, 2013

If you haven't been to the tea party fete you're missing a real treat. A cosy event for people
who love tea parties, crafting and vintage treasures.

Doily garland will
be hanging, pots of tea brewing and delicious cake will be eaten. A
perfect place to escape for an hour or so with a sunny-faced fete and
catch up with close friends. This time things will be a little bit more festive. I'll have plenty of cards available as well as new some jewellery and gift bags for Christmas.

Come along and get some crafty gifts and enjoy some delicious cake and tea.
See you there! Please invite your friends and family!

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

To help celebrate Stampin Up!'s 25th birthday on 25 October they have taken 25% off the price of 25 sets of stamps!! You will need to hurry to offer ends on 28th October!! That's Monday!!
I will place an order on Sunday so anyone wanting to take advantage of this offer needs to get their order to me by Saturday 26th. Find out what's on sale here.

Monday, September 23, 2013

The holidays will be here before you know it,
and these holiday-themed single stamps may be just what the budget-conscious
stamper needs. There are eight different stamps to choose from, six of which
coordinate with Framelits dies or punches.

Download the Single Stamps Christmas Flyer

The Fine print…

These won’t be sent in our typical cases or
packaging; they’ll be packaged in cello bags. If you’d like a case for your stamp,
you can buy our Clear-Mount Stamp Cases that come in packs of four (item
119105).

This offer is available for clear-mount stamps
only.

The stamps won’t come with a Clear-Mount Block,
and you’ll need to buy a block separately if you don’t already have one. The
recommended block sizes can be found on the flyer.

There’s no
limit on how many pieces you can buy.

These
holiday-themed stamps are only available through 31 January, 2014, so get them
while you can!

Monday, September 16, 2013

I went to a monthly craft group yesterday and one of the projects we made was this lovely swallowtail sponged card.

It's a really easy technique where you stamp and emboss the image and the use framelits to cut out the flower shapes, sponge them different colours and then reassemble the butterfly image on dimensionals like a jigsaw puzzle.

It's so effective, I love the pretty colours, the glitter and of course the swallowtail is one of my favourite stamps. The card is 6" square so we made the envelope using the Simply Scored Scoring Tool and the Diagonal Plate, so easy!! To make cards like this please join my classes, every month in Onehunga, next class on Sunday 22nd, email me to reserve your spot today!

Sunday, September 08, 2013

I went to the Make a Statement Digital Tour Auckland yesterday with Barbara, Dyan and Sarajane.

It was such a great event, plenty of displays of digital and hybrid projects to provide inspiration and ideas. Then there were 2 main presentations that we followed step by step on our own laptops, these are also contained in the handout to take home so all the information is there to refer back to. In between the presentations there were smaller demonstrations from other demonstrators of other ways to use MDS and other techniques to try. There was so much information it was amazing!!

Myself and Barbara both won a door prize each and there was also an all attendee giveaway of some digital content that will be emailed this week. We all felt we had received great value for money and had learned so many new techniques and gained many new ideas. Top marks Stampin Up!!

So today I created this page to celebrate my Grandparents. I found the top photo when visiting my Aunt and Uncle earlier this year and the bottom one sits on my dresser. It's so easy to pop photos into a template that is already designed and then add your own finishing touches. I'm no expert and this page needs a bit more work but I wanted to share it today.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

It was a stormy
night last night with thunder and lightning and it was a bit rainy today for
our monthly craft group - just as well we were inside.We had a great
afternoon, meeting Jenny for the first time but missing Justine, Sarajane and
Nicola who had other commitments. We made Washi Tape feathers, a gift card holder with envelope, a baroque card using in colours and a lovely card Cased from Shelli.Below are the
projects we made today, I'm not including the supply list, if you can't find a particular item seen here in your catalogue please drop me a line. If ever you want to request a project
please let me know, always open to suggestions.

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About Me

My name is Vanessa and I'm an Independent Stampin Up! Demonstrator, operating from my home in Auckland, New Zealand. I started this blog to share my love of papercraft, I also use my blog to let people know about specials, promotions, classes and events. I also enjoy travel, cooking and foreign films. You can contact me by email vanessa@bvhome.net.nz